Equalization levy Determination

The Federal Employment Agency is responsible for the notification procedure. This includes the factual and legal verification of the data required

• for calculating the scope of the employment obligation
• for monitoring its fulfillment
• for the calculation of the equalization levy

are required.

The equalization levy is calculated by means of self-assessment by the employers using the forms provided by the Federal Employment Agency (BA) on request.

After the reports have been checked by the Federal Employment Agency, they are forwarded to the Integration Office to carry out the collection procedure. This office checks the employers' self-assessment, determines and collects the equalization levy and checks the eligibility of orders placed with workshops for the disabled and workshops for the blind.

Notification procedure: Federal Employment Agency

Survey procedure: State Office for Social Affairs, Youth and Care Rhineland-Palatinate - Integration Office

• Federal Employment Agency
• State Office for Social Affairs, Youth and Care Rhineland-Palatinate -Integration Office-

The employer

• has an annual average of at least 20 jobs
• does not employ severely disabled people in at least 5 percent of jobs

The compensatory levy to be paid per month and unfilled compulsory place is currently

• 125.00 euros for an annual average employment rate of 3 percent to less than the applicable mandatory rate (currently 5 percent)
• 220.00 euros for an annual average employment rate of 2 percent to less than 3 percent
• 320.00 euros for an annual average employment rate of less than 2 percent

There is some relief for smaller companies and departments with regard to the amount of the equalization levy:

• Employers with an annual average of less than 40 jobs must employ one severely disabled person - they only pay 125.00 euros per month if they do not fill this mandatory position.
• Employers with an annual average of less than 60 jobs must fill 2 compulsory places - they pay 125 euros if they only fill one compulsory place and 220.00 euros if they do not employ a severely disabled person.

The following must be reported

• the number of jobs (separately for each company and each department)
• the number of severely disabled and equivalent persons employed in the individual companies as well as other eligible persons
• multiple offsetting (under certain conditions, the employer may offset one severely disabled employee against 2 or 3 compulsory places when assessing the compensatory levy)
• the total amount of the equalization levy owed

None.

The self-determined equalization levy must be transferred to the Integration Office without a separate request at the same time as the notification is submitted to the BA, but no later than 31.03. of the following year for the previous year.

Note: If you are more than 3 months in arrears with the transfer of the equalization levy, the Integration Office will issue an assessment notice for the overdue amounts. The late payment surcharge is one percent of the overdue amount (rounded down to the nearest EUR 50.00) for each month or part thereof.

• § Section 154 of the Ninth Book of the German Social Code (SGB IX) (employers' obligation to employ severely disabled people)
• § Section 160 of the Ninth Book of the German Social Code (SGB IX) (equalization levy)
• § Section 163 of the Ninth Book of the German Social Code (SGB IX) (cooperation between employers, the Federal Employment Agency and the integration offices)

Appeal against assessment and default notice.

Notification form according to § 163 para. 2 SGB IX:

Tip: If you want to handle the notification procedure electronically, you can also use the IW-Elan software to calculate the equalization levy and create the notification. You can download the latest software free of charge from the German Economic Institute.

• IW-Elan software

Employers who are obliged to pay the equalization levy can also fulfil their payment obligation in whole or in part by placing orders with recognized workshops for the disabled or workshops for the blind. 50 percent of the amount invoiced for the work performed by the workshop (total invoice amount less material costs) can be offset against the compensatory levy to be paid in each case. This takes into account the work performed by specialist staff to promote employment and vocational training, but not the work performed by other non-disabled employees.

• Workshop directory:
• Workshop/product search: